2017 World Masters (darts)

Winmau World Masters
Winmau World Masters
Tournament information
Dates	25–27 September
Location	Bridlington
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets for men,; Legs for women, boys and girls
Prize fund	£70,500
Winner's share	£25,000 (men), £5,000 (women)
Champion(s)
	Krzysztof Ratajski (men) ; Lorraine Winstanley (Women) ; Nico Blum (boys) ; Beau Greaves (girls)
«2016	2018»

The 2017 Winmau World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2017. It took place from 25–27 September at the Bridlington Spa Hall, which hosted the stage element of the event for the first time since 2009.

Glen Durrant was the defending men’s champion after defeating Mark McGeeney in last year’s final by 6 sets to 3 but he failed to defend his title after losing to eventual champion Krzysztof Ratajski in the quarter-finals. Trina Gulliver was the defending women’s champion after defeating Deta Hedman in the final last year by 5 legs to 2 but she failed to defend her title after losing to Tricia Wright in the quarter-finals.

In the men’s, Ratajski won his first ever major as a player and that the first time a Polish player won a televised major. It was even more remarkable that he had to play through all of the qualifying rounds before meeting and defeating the number 7 seed Richard Veenstra in the last 32 by 3 sets to 1, Alan Soutar in the last 16 by 3 sets to nil, defending champion and number 2 seed Glen Durrant in the quarter-finals by 4 sets to 2, number 6 seed Cameron Menzies in the semi-finals by 5 sets to 1, and defeating number 1 seed Mark McGeeney in the final by 6 sets to 1.^[1]

The tournament was the last BDO tournament entered by Ratajski as a month after winning the event he accepted an offer to play in the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship and made the full switch to the PDC in January.^[2]

During an emergency EGM called due to the issues surrounding how the BDO was currently being run, it was announced that the tournament had recorded losses to the BDO of £80,000 and with that the future of the tournament is in doubt.

Men's seeds[]

The seedings were finalised on 31 August. For the second consecutive year, there are 16 seeds (an decrease from 32 between 2012–2015) with all seeds exempt until the Last 32 stage and cannot play each other until the Last 16 stage.

Mark McGeeney (Runner-up)
Glen Durrant (Quarter-finals)
Scott Mitchell (Last 32)
Jamie Hughes (Last 32)
Ross Montgomery (Last 16)
Cameron Menzies (Semi-finals)
Richard Veenstra (Last 32)
Martin Phillips (Quarter-finals)
Dean Reynolds (Last 32)
Wesley Harms (Last 32)
Willem Mandigers (Last 32)
James Hurrell (Quarter-finals)
Scott Waites (Last 32)
Jim Williams (Quarter-finals)
Darryl Fitton (Last 32)
Nick Kenny (Last 32)

Men's draw (last 48 onwards)[]

Last 48 (best of 5 sets) 25 September					Last 32 (best of 5 sets) 25 September			Last 16 (best of 5 sets) 26 September			Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 27 September			Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 27 September			Final (best of 11 sets) 27 September

	Michael Unterbuchner	2			1	Mark McGeeney	3
		3					0
								1	McGeeney 94.53	3

									89.64	2
		3	16	Nick Kenny	2

	Ricardo Pietreczko	0					3
											1	McGeeney 92.28	4

											8	Phillips 93.09	0
		3			8	Martin Phillips	3

		1					0
								8	Phillips 83.01	3

									Greebe 67.32	0
	Toon Greebe	3	9	Dean Reynolds	1

	Kyle McKinstry	2				Toon Greebe	3
														1	McGeeney 86.44	5

															Clemens 84.71	4
	Gabriel Clemens	3			4	Jamie Hughes	0

	Keith Rooney	2				Gabriel Clemens	3
									Clemens 85.74	3

									Landman 67.92	0
	Daniel Day	0	13	Scott Waites	0

	Chris Landman	3				Chris Landman	3
												Clemens 93.11	4

											12	Hurrell 90.00	3
	Michael Meaney	3			5	Ross Montgomery	3

		0				Michael Meaney	0
								5	Montgomery 74.37	0

								12	Hurrell 81.51	3
	Ted Hankey	2	12	James Hurrell	3

	Martijn Kleermaker	3				Martijn Kleermaker	2
																	1	McGeeney 90.22	1

																		Ratajski 97.46	6
		?			2	Glen Durrant	3

	Tom Sawyer	3				Tom Sawyer	0
								2	Durrant 99.39	3

									88.23	0
		3	15	Darryl Fitton	0

	Gary Robson	1					3
											2	Durrant 93.85	2

												Ratajski 100.68	4
	Dennie Olde Kalter	2			7	Richard Veenstra	1

	Krzysztof Ratajski	3				Krzysztof Ratajski	3
									Ratajski 91.26	3

									Soutar 84.96	0
		0	10	Wesley Harms	0

	Alan Soutar	3				Alan Soutar	3
															Ratajski 98.40	5

														6	Menzies 90.39	1
	Dennis Harbour	1			3	Scott Mitchell	2

	Tony O'Shea	3				Tony O'Shea	3
									O'Shea 81.72	2

								14	Williams 80.91	3
		3	14	Jim Williams	3

		1					2
											14	Williams 83.92	0

											6	Menzies 92.50	4
	Steve Alker	3			6	Cameron Menizes	3

	John O'Shea	?				Steve Alker	1
								6	Menzies 97.74	3

									McGrath 96.54	1
	William Borland	1	11	Willem Mandigers	2

	Mark McGrath	3				Mark McGrath	3

Women's seeds[]

Deta Hedman (Quarter-finals)
Aileen de Graaf (Last 16)
Lorraine Winstanley (Winner)
Lisa Ashton (Last 16)
Corrine Hammond (Runner-up)
Anastasia Dobromyslova (Quarter-finals)
Trina Gulliver (Quarter-finals)
Fallon Sherrock (Last 16)

Women's draw[]

Last 24 25 September					Last 16 25 September			Quarter-finals 26 September			Semi-finals 27 September			Final 27 September

	Snezana Veljkovic	1			1	Deta Hedman	4
	Maria O'Brien	4				Maria O'Brien	3
								1	Deta Hedman 72.69	3

									76.41	4
		4	8	Fallon Sherrock	3

	Christine Readhead	3					4
												58.27	0

											5	Corrine Hammond 69.10	4
	Anca Zijlstra	0			4	Lisa Ashton	2

	Mikuru Suzuki	4				Mikuru Suzuki	4
									Mikuru Suzuki 75.57	3

								5	Corrine Hammond 65.49	4
	Helene Sundelin	0	5	Corrine Hammond	4

	Rhian Griffiths	4				Rhian Griffiths	3
														5	Corrine Hammond 72.78	2

														3	Lorraine Winstanley 76.89	5
	Sandy Hudson	2			2	Aileen De Graaf	3

	Tricia Wright	4				Tricia Wright	4
									Tricia Wright 67.89	4

								7	Trina Gulliver 72.00	2
	Gail Mullan	3	7	Trina Gulliver	4

		4					1
												Tricia Wright 70.06	2

											3	Lorraine Winstanley 76.74	4
	Kate Hulme	2			3	Lorraine Winstanley	4

	Rachna David	4				Rachna David	0
								3	Lorraine Winstanley 84.93	4

								6	Anastasia Dobromyslova 83.94	3
		4	6	Anastasia Dobromyslova	4

	Karolina Podgórska	3					2

Boy's Draw[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

	4

Killian Heffernan	0
			0

		Nico Blum	4
Nico Blum	4

Justin van Tergouw	3
				Nico Blum 76.59	4

				Keane Barry 79.74	3
	3

Nathan Girvan	4
		Nathan Girvan	1

		Keane Barry	4
Keane Barry	4

	1

Girl's Draw[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

	4

Shannon Reeves	0
			4

		Quintey Bieman	1
Kyana Frauenfelder	2

Quintey Bieman	4
				60.78	0

				Beau Greaves 63.96	4
Lerena Rietbergen	2

Beau Greaves	4
		Beau Greaves	4

		Ksenia Klochek	0
Sophie McKinlay	1

Ksenia Klochek	4

References[]

^ "Ratajski and Winstanley take Masters crowns". BDODarts. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "World Championship Field Confirmed". 27 November 2017.

External links[]

[1] "Ratajski and Winstanley take Masters crowns". BDODarts. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

[2] "World Championship Field Confirmed". 27 November 2017.

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